Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prize for winning ‘ New Faces ’ was a trip to Las Vegas and a three-week cabaret stint at the M.G.M. Grand , where I died four times nightly during each 45-minute spot . |
| 2 | I do not merely spend time in Manchester — where I spend more time than anywhere else outside London and my constituency , which is my home town . |
| 3 | you know the big spread that I saw that time |
| 4 | Not that I 've any time for him any longer — going on like that when his poor wife was near her time . ’ |
| 5 | Not that I 've any time for that widow of his . |
| 6 | Another dream that I had several times was that I would sacrifice my life to save others . |
| 7 | I was doing chequebooks and cards , and I had a very good run on them for about four months , but what with taking drugs and that I collapsed one time when I was working out on the street . |
| 8 | I freely admit that I have many times adopted Jim Oakley 's precept of a " bloody good gallop " , often with spectacular results . |
| 9 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 10 | Sadly , mine is a sort of hole in the wall — not possible to move — so I spend more time running back and forth to fetch tools than I do using them . |
| 11 | And I remember one time he gave me a list of things to do in the morning — fill this with potatoes , put the beans up on the shelves , brush the yard and then you can go out . |
| 12 | And I remember this time in Winners when he , he picked them up and looked at them and said I do n't think these are the right ones for my car and that , that 's why I thought |
| 13 | They just do it 's only round the corner and I remember last time I said I 'd take you and I did n't . |
| 14 | They , they just do , its only round the corner and I remember last time I said I 'd take you and I did n't . |
| 15 | So , I think we should say we are sceptical , and I think the paper puts it correctly er , we are sceptical of whether the reforms of the first consortium in fact , is going to meet the needs in terms of new health area and I know that time will come , they 're talking about the lot , it 's gon na wonderful and that the our economies should get all I can say is that the likelihood is the only f the area committee er , so that residents can comment managers , but since we 've already had a nine hundred percent increase in senior management in the health service in the past five years up from nine hundred to over ten thousand at a cost of fifty to two hundred and fifty million pounds I 'm rather sceptical about that one as well ! |
| 16 | The snow improved as the slope steepened and I made good time up the 100 metres to the ridge top and along to the ‘ summit ’ . |
| 17 | It is a particularly painful spot to be kicked and I spent some time hopping round the byre and cursing in a fervent whisper . |
| 18 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 19 | So they 've been used to their own rate and I said each time , if you 're gon na get you must tell them it 's the cleanup rate . |
| 20 | Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking . |
| 21 | Bob Torrance reshaped my swing and I worked 10 times harder than ever — all the top guys work harder than anyone else . |
| 22 | It was a great learning experience and I needed that time , but I was n't moving in leaps and bounds . |
| 23 | ‘ There was peach cup — that was very good ; and we played guessing games and I won three times and later on they rolled up the carpet — figuratively — we just went out on the terrace and turned on the gramophone and danced . ’ |
| 24 | Relationships , similar figures , now we we looked at that , and we looked at scale , erm , and I think last time we were looking at things like though , not too long ago we were looking at price of council paper and this sort of stuff , which one shall we buy ? |
| 25 | If I go ten times as fast , I get there in one tenth of the time . |
| 26 | Listen if I had enough time I 'll tell you the joke of a life time mate , but I have n't got the time . |
| 27 | If I had some time on my own with them I might squeeze something out , but I 'm inhibited in front of the neighbours . |
| 28 | Erm if I put two times brackets three add six it does make a difference . |
| 29 | ‘ So if I buy more time on this job , you stand to benefit . ’ |
| 30 | They would wait until I had more time . |